Necktie



PATENT OFFIcJE.

CHARLES E. DAMON, OF READING, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO MARCH BROTHERS,PIERCE & CO., OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

NECKTIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent NO. 580,772, dated April13, 1897.

Application filed January 25, 1897. Serial No. 620,660. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. DAMON, of Reading, in the county ofMiddlesex and State of lllassachusetts'have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Neckties, of

which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to neckties such as are worn by ladies inconnection with standing collars, and comprising a permanentlymadeup bowand neckembracing straps connected therewith and provided withdetachable coupling or fastening devices at their ends whereby they maybe detachably connected at the back of the neck.

My invention has for its objects, first, to provide a necktie of thischaracter which shall have afinished or ornamental appearance at theback of the neck as well as the front, and, secondly, to provide meansfor automatically centering the ornamental back portion of the tie andfor preventingsaid portion from slipping upwardly on the collar.

The invention consists in the improvements which I will now proceed todescribe and claim.

Of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my improved necktie, showingthe straps disconnected. Fig. 2 represents in different positions thefastening member attached to the outer end of one of the straps. Fig. 3represents the fastening member attached to the outer end of the otherstrap. Fig. 4 represents a top View of the tie,

3 5 showing the ends of its straps connected. Fig. 5representsasectionon line 5 5 of Fig. 4.

The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all thefigures.

In the drawings,arepresents a permanently- 0 made-upbow which is worn atthe front of the neck and has secured to its rear portion a bifurcatedhook b, adapted to engage the shank of the front collar-b utton andprevent upward and longitudinal displacement of the how.

c and 0' represent the straps, which are connected with the bow a andhave coupling devices at their outer ends whereby they may be detachablyconnected at the back of the neck. Said coupling devices as here showncomprise asheet metal plate cl, adapted for attachment to the strap aand provided with an eye or slot d and a sheet-metal plate 6,

f 5,to prevent the straps and the rear bow, hereinafter described, fromslipping upwardly at the back of the neck.

9 represents a rear bow which is affixed to one end of the strap 0 andprojects from said end, as shown in Figs. 1 and 4, in position to coverthe ends of both straps when they are connected, the bow extendingacross the joint formed by the meeting ends of the straps and concealingsaid joint as well as the fastening devices.

Each of the straps c c is connected with the bow at by means of asection 0 of elastic ma- 7o terial, there being two of such sections, asshown in Figs. 1 and 4. These sections give the straps suflicient ad justability to enable them to fit necks of different sizes, and beinglocated at opposite sides of the collar-buttonengaging device b theymake each strap equally adjustable, so that the rear bow g isautomatically centered or kept in a central position at the back of theneck.

It will be seen that my improved necktie 8o constitutes a very neat anddesirable article of neckwear, enabling a made-up bow and itsconnecting-straps to be used with a standing collar and in connectionwith waists or garments having no provision for covering the backportion of the tie.

The rear bow g may be in the form of a rosette instead of having theconventional bow form.

The devices for connecting the ends of the straps may be made of wireinstead of sheet metal, if desired.

I claim- .A necktie comprisingafront bow a rear bow and a neckband, thefront bow carrying a 001- 5 lar-button-en gaging device and the neckbandconsisting of .two strips each permanently connected at one end to thefront bow and having an elastic section, the other'or free ends of thestrips being provided with complemental coupling devices and With acollar-engaging hook and with the said rear bow to cover and conceal thesaid coupling devices when in use.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses, this 14th day of January, A. D.1897.

CHARLES E. DAMON. Witnesses:

A. D. HARRISON, P. W. PEZZETTI.

